Beverage container



Jun 21, 1938. B. H. CQQPER BEVERAGE CONTAINER Filed Feb. 24, 1936 :BWM M/ENTOR.

`PatentedA June 21, 1938 UNITED, STATES, PATENT OFFICEN i "BEVERAGE CONTAINER 1 Bernard H. Cooper, Cleveland, ohio Application February 24, 1936, serial No. "65,2381 s claims.. (o1.` ssa-1s) This invention relates to a beverage container.

` An `object of the invention is to provide' an improved beverage container from which the beverage may be drunk.

y Another object is to provide an improved beverage container wh-ich will be attractive and unusual in appearance.

Another object is to provide a; beverage container which may serve as a source of amusement. 1

Another object is to provide an improved bev` forage container which will limit the rate` at which the beverage may be drunk.

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention will better be understood from the description of three practical embodiments thereof, illustrated in the accompanying draw# ing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation view, partly broken away and shown in section, of one `embodiinent of the invention showing a person drinking therefrom;

Figure 2 is a similar side elevation of another embodiment of the invention; and

showing a third embodiment of the invention. j

As illustrated in Figure 1, the container consists of an integral hollow shell comprising a flat bottom an' annular wall 2 upon which is formed a handle 3, the upper end of the annular Wall being ilaredand given the configuration of a part of a human head having a chin 4, nose 5,

' upper and lower lips E and 1 respectively, forehead 0, a part of the head 9, and providing be- Ytween the forehead and wall 9 an opening I0 Washed.

The opening or orifice through which the liquid may be drunk constitutes the mouth of the face formed on the receptacle, being between the lips 6 and 1. In order to drink from the container without spilling the beverage, it is necessaryfor the user to impress his lips upon the lips of the face of the article, as shown in the first figure of the drawing, and to tilt the container upwardly in the ordinary manner.

The nose and forehead ,5 and 8 prevent the liquid from running over at the filling opening I and are adapted to abut the face of the user to limit the upward, il1olination of the container, so that` no liquid will pass over the wall 8 thereof.

In Figure 2, a very similar type of container is shown having a bottom |0|, annular wall |02,

Figure 3 is a view Vsimilar to Figures 1 and 2,

handle'l03, and a face consisting ofchin |04, nose |05, lips |06, and |01, andforehead |00.

In this form,` however, beneath the upper lip `Illt is `formed a tongue which, with the lower lip |01, forms an elongated curved passage restrictingthe `flow of liquid and rendering the .drinking from the device somewhat slower.

Also a flange ||2 is formed about the filling opening of the article and a lid or cover, in the "form of a hat consisting of a crown ||3 and a brim IH, is provided to fit on this ange and to close the container.

While the container as illustrated may be made of ceramic material, glass, or the like, the hat may most conveniently be made of sheet metal,

and may'be permanently attached to the container by a hinge, or may be interchangeable with other hat-like covers of different configura- VFigure 2. In this embodiment, the container consists of a flat base 20| having formed integrally therewith a wall 202 and a handle 203.

The upper end of wall 202 terminates in a cylindrical flange 2|5, providing a shoulder 216 upon which the top or cover portion of the article may fit. 1

This is shown` as comprising a dome-shaped head portion 2 1 between which and the shoulder may be positioned a gasket 2|8, the dome inc1ud ing upper and lower lips 206 and 201, respectively, defining a drinking orifice, and including other features such as nose 205 and forehead 208. The head or cover portion is clamped upon the lower portion of the container by means of wire loop 2 I0, pivotally connected to a wire loopshaped handle 220, having its ends engaged with centrally recessed bosses 22| formed on wall 222, the loop and handle providing a toggle-like action as is well known in fruit jars and the like.

While I have described the illustrated embodiments of my invention in some particularity, obviously -many variations and modifications thereof will readily occur to those skilled in the art to which they appertain, and I do not therefore limit myself to the precise details shown and described, but claim as my invention all embodiments, variations, and modications coming within the scope of the subjoined claims.

`tions which may be transferred from one container to another. Thus different effects may I claim: l

1. An article of manufacture comprising a. hollow container having a continuous peripheral wall provided with an upward extension at one side thereof, the extension having a drinking orifice formed therethrough, a relatively broad substantially fiat surface formed on the extension about the orifice and adapted to be engaged by the lips of a user. said surface constituting part of a representation of a fac'e formed on the exterior of said extension, the orifice being the mouth thereof, and a portion of the wall representing a tongue associated with said'mouth and positioned to restrict flow of liquid through the orifice to a relatively narrow curved path.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a hollow container having a continuous peripheral wall provided with an upward extension at one side thereof, the extension having a drinking orifice formed therethrough, a relatively broad substantially flat surface formed on Athe extensionabout the orifice and adapted to be engaged uby the lips of the user, and constituting part of a representation formed on the exterior of said extension, the breadth of the surface being sufcient to preclude any part of the device entering the mouth of the user while drinking therefrom.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a hollow container having a continuous peripheral wall provided with an upward extension at one side thereof, the extension having a drinking orifice formed therethrough, a relatively broad substantially iiatsurface formed on the extension about the orifice and adapted to be engaged by the lips of the user, and constituting part of a representation formed on the exterior of said extension, the breadth of the surface being sufficient to preclude any part of the device entering the mouth of the user while drinking therefrom, the material about the orice restricting the liquid passing therethrough to a relatively narrow curved path.

' BERNARD H. COOPER. 

